in addition to laura's post about the current situation with the opinions section, i put in my own two cents worth at the staff meeting this afternoon. i had a written statement prepared, but derek had to read it because i got super nervous. i really hate confrontation, but i also don't think it's right for tilford to directly attack laura like he did. i also commented on the general state of the page itself. i think that it just generally sucks, but the statement i made was on it's immaturity. and...i commented on andy's column, because he said that the newspaper is not a legitimate source of news. excuse me?? if that is the case, then why does the administration freak out so much and call rich about news stories? gah.
it's just like a couple of weeks ago, i feel much better having said it, but it still kinda sucks. much relieved though. and perhaps there will be more columnists like addy sometime soon?
i don't care if tilford or anyone attacks me on the opinions page -- after all, i blatantly criticised him in last week's issue -- but i think it should be done with a modicum of maturity which was distinctly lacking in this case. so i agreed with everything you said and i don't think you should feel badly. it's all just gotten really old. i'm sick of the newspaper.
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Is Andy Martin writing for the paper again? I guess I could open up my pdf and check for myself, but I don't care that much. Way to stand up to Tilford, Sarah. Hopefully the page will start to improve.
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